Texas ranks 35th nationally in state park acreage per resident. But voters will be asked in November to help improve that ratio.
Proposition 14 on the Nov. 7 ballot would amend the state constitution to create the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund allowing the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to spend $1 billion for new parkland.
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